Hiker Raymond Kozloski sent these photos to me this week with the following story:

September 15
"Hello Dave, I was hiking last saturday on the FLT (Finger Lakes Trail) just south of Cuyler, NY off Rt. 13. In all my years of hiking I have never seen anything like it.

It looks like a cluster of "spider webs" on either side of the trail. there were hundreds of them. Each one was about 6"-7" on diameter and it looked as if there were holes in the center of each one. I could not find any creatures attached to them. They were still in the same spot on my return through the same spot 5 hours later. I Any idea what they are?"

Frankly, I have no idea, not having seen anything like this before. I could use some help here.